Wednesday, January 13, 2010

On last night's episode of "The Biggest Loser," the mellow/creepy Dr. Rob Huizenga told a 27-year-old contestant that she had the health and fitness level of a 57-year-old, which made her cry. Huizenga also told a 51-year-old that she had the body of a 75-year-old. Fun times.

"The Biggest Loser" is already raking in massive amounts of dough by drastically marking up everything in sight -- from calorie counters to fitness DVDs to compilations of shitty workout music. For example, the BodyBugg ("as seen on 'The Biggest Loser'!") retails for over $280, while the much sleeker and all-around awesomer (though not "Biggest Loser"-endorsed) FitBit sells for $99. (Thanks, Karin Tracy, for pointing me to FitBit.)

Screw you, "The Biggest Loser." We may spend our Tuesday nights gawking at enormous people as they work out and cry, but we're not such losers that we're incapable of comparison shopping.